CAMPBELL Brown could besent into early retirement after the 30-year-old allegedly left teammate StevenMay with a suspected fractured jaw in an incident after the club's highaltitude training camp in Arizona.
The Suns are reviewing theincident, which took place in Los Angeles at the completion of the club's18-day high-altitude camp and did not involve any other players.
May is expected to require surgery.
It was reported on 3AW that the incident occurred after a dispute over payment of a bill in a bar.
"Theclub is in the process of establishing exactly what happened and all otherrelevant facts, and is discussing the matter with the two players concerned whohave since returned to the Gold Coast ahead of their teammates," the Sunssaid in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
"The Gold Coast Suns areconsidering appropriate actions and will not make further comment at this stagein relation to the incident."
Brown played 159 games forHawthorn between 2002 and 2010 before joining the Suns as an uncontractedplayer and notching 46 games in three seasons.
He played his 200th game,against the Brisbane Lions, in round 15 last season.
Brown was amember of the Hawks' 2008 premiership side and an All Australian in 2007.
His Twitter account says: "The latest from Campbell brown (@Browndogg_30x). Footballer,Coffee drinker, WWF addict, animal lover,Race horse owner, love a punt, Footy Trip specialist."
And it's not the first time Brown has found himself in trouble during a football trip, having been stripped of the Suns' vice-captaincy for an incident in Thailand in 2011.
Brown and then teammate Mav Weller – who escaped penalty – were involved in a verbal, then physical incident, on an end-of-season trip in September that year.
The pair got tangled up with an unknown third party on the island of Koh Phangan that ended in a physical altercation.
THE CAMPBELL BROWN RAP SHEET
AFL Tribunal record
Charges: 14
Guilty: 13
Matches suspended: 29
Fines: $6,400
Suspensions
One week for striking Brett Montgomery (Port), R3, 2004
Four weeks for striking Jason Winderlich (Ess), R11, 2004
Four weeks for striking Matthew Lloyd (Ess), R20, 2005
Two weeks for striking Lynden Dunn (Melb), NAB Cup 2007
Two weeks for charging Matthew Kreuzer (Carl), NAB Cup 2008
Two weeks for striking Nick Dal Santo (StK), R17, 2010
Two weeks for forceful front-on contact on Barry Hall (WB), R3, 2011
Two weeks for striking Callan Ward (WB), R3, 2011
Six weeks for forceful front-on contact on Aidan Riley (Adel), R23, 2012
Four weeks for unnecessary contact to the face of James Strauss (Melb), R20, 2013
Off-field issues
2005: Dropped for one week by Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson as punishment for breaking a convenience store window after Luke Hodge's 21st birthday party.
2007: Fined $15,000 for giving misleading evidence to the AFL Tribunal in a bid to help Chris Judd escape a misconduct charge.
2009: Described Essendon spearhead Matthew Lloyd as, "One of the biggest snipers in the game" and promised retribution after Lloyd charged into Brad Sewell, fracturing the midfielder's jaw.
2011: Stripped of leadership position at the Suns after being detained by police in Thailand following an altercation during an end-of-season trip. He was released without charge.
2013: Investigated over an incident in Los Angeles, which resulted in teammate Steven May receiving a fractured jaw
Campbell Brown in trouble with umpires during a game against the Bulldogs in 2011. Pictures: AFL Media 
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